witch do you prefer? Humidor.. Coolerdor or Tupperdor I know this all may be personle prefernce... But witch is easyer to make? and keep at 70/70 ?

Christian

DaSaP

Humidor!!!!

But good luck finding one that can store all of your cigars... Wait nevermind.. Check this one out....

http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/lot.cfm?lotID=203341 

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Very Nice indeed... But I only have a 2 bed room Condo. One for me and one for the cigars.. LOL actuly the outher room is my computer room and Would Never put Cigars in there its to HOT.

Guess I should have added:

Witch is cheeper for mass storage and best 70/70 levles?

Also Anouther note.. Hope that people read this part..

Steve and CBID staff that post on the Forum your aswome, Steve the pictures of the "Wood Army" in shipping rocked! I may be New.. But Have read Most all the post's hear.. So I am a seasoned newbie thanks to all the knodlege hear!

Christian

DaSaP

Coolerdor --

1 48qt or larger cooler -- $15.00 at Walmart

1 jar of Humi-Care from CI or CB ... $10

Boxes of cigars -- cost up to you 😉

If you are storing boxes of cigars there is NO need for any cedar in the cooler, contrary to what many recommend. The wood on the boxes absorbs humidity and is just as good as lined walls. If you are storing only singles then extra wood helps, but is not needed with Humi-Care jar. Humi-Care is awesome stuff, it has PG in it already, just fill with distilled water, stick one in your cooler and forget about it. Open coolerdor monthy to exchange air and check the Humi-Care. I refill my jars about once every two months.

I store longterm, box storage and aging, in coolerdors. Most of my singles are in a coolerdor. but the ones I smoke daily are rotated from the coolers to my 150 count desktop, as needed. I smoke out of the desktop.

But whatever you want to do.

Later

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

Pretty much what Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew) said.

At least one desktop humi is a must.

Coolidors are better as their climate remains more constant if you don't have good control of the temp. You can also use them upright with shelves, which is nice, but they're more expensive and time consuming to make. I have 4 desktops, 2 travel humis, a cooler and a tupper.

90qt plastic storage container from Wal-Mart-$8.97

3 pack of wet oasis foam from the crafts dept. $2.97

good sized plastic container capable of holding 1/12 blocks of oasis foam (plastic shoe storage box) $1.88

2-3packs of plastic trays for singles (to set atop/among your boxes (for their cedar) .97 ea pk.

Total=$15

oops $15.76

now add $1-2 for a gallon of Distilled water from the grocery dept (if you're at a super Wally-World) and some PG from wherever you find it, and you've saved alot of money to spend on here! For cigars!

Good point, Foster... "wet" Oasis foam.

CW,

Where you at that the distilled water is so expensive. I know it's no big deal but last time I bought a gallon at Wally World it was $0.59.

Hi!

Another newbie is here.

What does that mean "CI", "CB" and "PG"?

Thanks

O let me also a Newbie Tell you the What CL and CB ARE You will Love boulth of these there the first 2 you should knwo if you ask Me CB I will tell you is awsome place to get low cost great smokes! CB = Cigar Bid

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/index.asp 

Christian

DaSaP

Humidor of coarse, so what if i can't afford all of them at once. It takes time to build a good collection.

PG: Propylene glycol is a derivative of natural gas. It is commonly used in a variety of consumer products and food products, including deodorants, pharmaceuticals, moisturizing lotions, and fat-free ice cream and sour cream products. Ooops, sorry, the wacky chemist in me came out.

In relation to cigars, it is mixed with distilled water (typically 50/50) to create a solution to maintain the humidity level within your humi. A 50/50 mixture maintains 70% relative humidity with it’s surroundings. If the ambient air is over 70% the solution will suck up water from the air, if lower than 70%, the solution will give up water to the air. The PG acts as the water exchange “gatekeeper” if you will.

Also, when filling the credo it shouldn’t be sopping wet. It’ll need some room within the foam to store any extra humidity that it takes out of the air.

Thanks a lot for explanations.

O.K. guys, you need to start doin' some searches.

DsSaP,

Just for clarification, CI is a sister co. to CB and it is perfectly O.K. to post their link. Any other cigar related retail site is not.

one last point, if you make your own PG solution, the mix should ideally be 50/50 BY WEIGHT!

Again CW has a point. In fact, you can achieve you personal preference for RH if you alter the percentages, by weight, of course. They're actually pretty close.

Do a search. There is a table of blends on here somewhere. I prefer 65% so if I wasn't using Climmax media, I would want to up my PG/H2O mixture. If you don't saturate your foam, you can always add a little of one or the other too.

"They're actually pretty close."

That looks like it sounds confusing.

I believe PG is a hair lighter (less dense) than H20 (or maybe the other way 'round), so if you are measuring by volume, you would want to alter it a bit to compensate.